Seattle's loss to the Los Angeles Chargers last week bother him for long.It's not easy when it's a throw that could have potentially tied the game and forced overtime White Drew Kaser Jerseys , but instead bounced off Moore's shoulder and fell incomplete on the final play of Seattle's 25-17 loss.It was shown on seemingly every TV broadcast playing highlights of the game , and while it would have been an exceptionally difficult catch after getting tipped by a Chargers defensive back, Moore wishes he could have made the grab."I tried to stay away from it," Moore said on Thursday. "After a while, I'd say Monday after meetings, I tried to watch it and then I was like, 'It's over with now. I'm on to (the Rams).'"The incompletion was the most difficult moment the second-year wide receiver has faced since becoming part of Seattle's wide receiver rotation. The Seahawks had an untimed down from the 6-yard line needing a touchdown and a 2-point conversion to force overtime.Quarterback Russell Wilson stepped up away from the pass rush and Moore had flashed open running across the back of the end zone.Wilson zipped his pass in Moore's direction, but just a couple of yards away from finding the receiver's hands, the ball was tipped by the Chargers' Jahleel Addae. The tip slightly changed the trajectory of the pass and it started severely wobbling offline. Moore was unable to adjust his hands in time and the ball thudded off his shoulder pads and to the turf."I (saw) it get tipped. I saw the dude come across and I tried to adjust to it but it was a little bit too late," Moore said. "It was a fastball coming in hot, getting touched, it's kind of hard to get your hands where it needs to be after that."Moore said he spent time Sunday night wondering if there are even drills to mimic having a pass change as that one did so close to the receiver."It's a really tough catch. He's tracking the ball, he sees it coming and all of a sudden the ball takes kind of a strange turn," Seattle offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer said. "He was really dejected, really upset. Got a chance to talk to him after the game Drew Kaser Jerseys 2019 , said a lot of things still had to happen. That wasn't the reason we won or lost that game, but it was a very difficult play."Moore's development has been one of the big stories of the season for Seattle. His progression from an unknown seventh-round pick in 2017 to becoming the Seahawks' No. 3 receiver was so rapid Seattle felt comfortable releasing veteran Brandon Marshall last week to open a roster spot.While it wasn't a dropped pass, the final play is the first major adversity Moore has faced this season. He was emotional after the game, but said the moment was quickly put in perspective."At first I took it kind of hard, but then I had Doug (Baldwin) and Tyler (Lockett) and all the brothers and stuff, and all the coaches tell me stuff like this happens all the time," Moore said. The University of Buffalo believes they have a fairer algorithm"WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections San Diego Chargers Daily LinksSan Diego Chargers NewsSan Diego Chargers OffseasonSan Diego Chargers HistorySan Diego Chargers HumorGood news, Chargers! The NFL is trying to make scheduling fairerNew,9commentsThe University of Buffalo believes they have a fairer algorithm PDTShareTweetShareShareGood news, Chargers! The NFL is trying to make scheduling fairerThis week should mark the release of the 2019 NFL schedule, which is always welcome during these cold, dark, dreary days of non-football time. Immediately after the release of said schedule, there is a rush of comments and posts regarding the perceived fairness or lack thereof of each team’s schedule.The Chargers have often been on the unfortunate side of scheduling issues, though there are certain reasons that this can not be easily remedied. Being a west-coast team in a predominantly east-coast nation is just part of the price of admission. The travel discrepancy is what ultimately made the AFL a viable league back in the 1960s White Brandon Mebane Jerseys , and some significant crossroads have been crossed since the 1970 merger to blend the two. The Chargers, Raiders, 49ers, and the Seahawks are all going to have extensive travel bills in this country, but that doesn’t mean that measures can’t be taken to limit the travel toll on each team.Here’s what CBS Sports reported about the 2018 season:Well, shoot. They’d better have their Chargers-brand charge cards ready to collect those miles. None of this is news, however—it’s just one of the clearer examples of how the schedule can potentially be retooled in the name of parity. Other glaring examples include facing multiple teams coming off of their bye week, Sunday/Thursday short weeks, and divisional cadence (facing the same opponent twice in three weeks).And, recently, researchers from the University of Buffalo wanted to prove that the schedule could be made at least a bit more fair. The NFL agreed with the researches to the tune of a three-year research grant in November 2018 to provide year-round method development and schedule testing. While the NFL has confirmed this agreement, it hasn’t given any information as to how or if it will be utilized at all. This could just be a facade to make it look like they are addressing fairness, but there is an equal chance that they are indeed looking to make a better, fairer, and stronger product for all to enjoy.The whole project was sparked by Dr. Mark Karwan’s hometown Buffalo Bills complaining about how often they faced teams who were coming off either a bye or a Thursday night game. This naturally gave their opponents a rest advantage Brandon Mebane Jerseys 2019 , and the Bills have suffered through enough just trying to keep pace in the AFC East. As it turned out, between 2002 and 2014, the Bills had twice as many of those games as some other teams. Dr. Karwan’s research isn’t the first of its kind, just the first (and only, as far as I can find!) subsidized by the NFL. In 2015, the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference received Karwan’s comprehensive study that sought to prove the inherent disadvantages to the current scheduling system, and offer ways to remedy the discrepancies.Their research first sought to prove that there is, indeed, a wide range of variables that can work against schedule parity. They then worked to show that certain variables affect certain teams disproportionately.Figure 1 (bye week rundown)MIT Sloan Sports Analytics ConferenceFrom 2003-2012, the Chargers faced bye-week favored teams 5th most in the league. The Falcons really got the short of that stick, while the Cardinals hardly noticed.That doesn’t mean much if the rest didn’t affect the play on the field, so the MIT team crunched the numbers on win percentage against such opponents. Figure 2 (win% against rested teams)MIT Sloan Sports Analytics ConferenceWell, it’s not a world-ending difference, but it is a difference. Facing more rested opponents more often puts teams like the Chargers at a statistical disadvantage. It might not manifest itself in a single season, but it is a bias that can be controlled.In the end White Casey Hayward Jerseys , these are just two of the lowest-hanging fruit as far as scheduling examples go. The bye week impact and jet lag are two issues that the Chargers have had to face that have put them at a greater disadvantage than the majority of the NFL.None of these issues are stronger than the on-field product or the players that make the roster. They are, however, issues that can be better mitigated with a bit of research, forethought, and, as Dr. Karwan indicates, at least 12 hours of supercomputer computation time.Well, my math doesn’t get me to quite that number, but I’ve never been the best at carrying the zero. If you’re keen to bone up, you can literally play Number Munchers for free at the Internet Archives. What were we talking about, again?-Jason “DOS for Dumb Me” Michaels